Philippakis George E, Moustardas Marios P
Department of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Chania, Chania, Greece.
Int J Surg Case Rep. 2012;3(5):167-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2011.12.008. Epub 2012 Jan 28.
Chylothorax is a very rare complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
We describe the case of an 83-year old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, complicated by recurrent chylothorax and ultimately treated by pleurodesis with bleomycin.
There are several options for management of patients presenting with chylothorax due to chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Pleurodesis is a reasonable and effective treatment modality for patients with refractory chylothorax.
乳糜胸是慢性淋巴细胞白血病一种非常罕见的并发症。
我们描述了一名83岁患有慢性淋巴细胞白血病的女性病例,该病例并发复发性乳糜胸,最终采用博来霉素进行胸膜固定术治疗。
对于因慢性淋巴细胞白血病出现乳糜胸的患者,有几种治疗选择。
胸膜固定术对于难治性乳糜胸患者是一种合理且有效的治疗方式。